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A Polygon in a Round Hole
A few disclaimers:1) My R key keeps sticking. That's just irritating, and so is the word IRRITATING because it has 2 Rs. So if you see mistakes due to an R missing, it's 100% the keyboard's fault....
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Article 23
See that adorable West Highland Terrier? His name is Scooter. On Rick's birthday, September 15th of 2009, Scooter died.Scooter was a force of All Things Doggy, including the need to be the biggest and...
View ArticleDon't Go Changin' ~ To Try To Please Me
That entire song is just one honkin' huge lie.Just a couple of months after Rick and I started dating, I realized I'd started to change a little and said so to Rick and he said, "Well, that's no good."...
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The Tulip and the Black Thumb -- A Love Story
I can grow kids -- lots and lots of kids -- but give me something in plant form, and watch it shivel and die a horrific, tragic death. Well, I'm pretty good at cactus. Too bad I don't like them. And...
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Friday's Five
Today's FRIDAY FIVE is for my five favorite books that never let me down.1) Bet Me, by Jennifer Crusie2) Kill & Tell, by Linda Howard3) Time Off for Good Behavior, by Lani Diane Rich4) Ain't She...
View ArticleOh So Ordinary
Today we watched American Beauty, which I'd never seen before. Very interesting film and it's obvious why it won so many awards. And the theme of ORDINARY resonated: Lester Burman's "I'm just an...
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Friday's Five ~ Springtime
Five things I love about Springtime in Texas:1) Flowers -- especially the bluebonnets growing wild on the side of the road, or driving by a store and seeing the sparkling array of flowers in all colors...
View ArticleMaking a Playlist and this Breaks My Heart
Working on my playlist for BARELY THERE, and while downloading one song, this one came up, and just watching the video breaks my heart. To know he's singing this live is amazing to me. The pain radiates.
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Lester Bobo!
Today is my dad's birthday -- and this song always reminds me of him. Happy 72nd Birthday, Dad! I love you!
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Collages: Adult-Style
(You can click on the photo thumbprints -- here and below -- to see larger versions.)So this is the collage for BARELY THERE. I started collaging after hearing Jennifer Crusie and Lucy March aka Lani...
View ArticleFriday's Five ~ Language
Five words I wish would come back in everyday language, just because I like them, which of course, is reason enough right there:1) Nonsensical -- noun words or language having little or no sense or...
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Put Up or Shut Up, Brenda
So... I either messed up, or it was fate, or something similarly squicky, but either way, a revelation definitely happened today, one I knew -- in my heart -- but hadn't really looked at too closely...
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Friday's Five -- Websites
Today I'm posting the websites I go to every day, without fail:1) Facebook2) Lucy March's Blog3) Perez Hilton Celebrity Blog4) Google5) eBayAlso on there would be gmail to check my email, but I didn't...
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True Love and Fate
While working on BARELY THERE, I’m digging around in Delaney’s past and Mitch’s past, seeing what makes them – well – them. One of the most important things in my hero and heroine’s make-up is how...
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Friday's Five -- Heroes
Five qualities my heroes always have:1) Self-confidence boarding arrogance but not crossing the line.2) Intelligence. Most definitely.3) A scorching look.4) Barely contained passion toward everything...
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I'll Have What She's Having
Harry Burns: There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance. Sally Albright: Which one am I? Harry Burns: You're the worst kind; you're high maintenance but you think you're low...
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The Eye of the Storm
Today is April 28th. You know what today is? The Day Between the Birthdays.Brett, my brother, and I had just a day apart from our birthdays. Well, 2 years and 363 days. I'm October 11th, and he's...
View ArticleYikes! Nashville Floods!
It's been flooding in Nashville, and the Gaylord Hotel is where the RWA National Conference is schedule to be held. According to the emails I've received today, we're apparently in a wait-and-see,...
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The House That Built Me
I truly love this song. Although they say you can't go home again, you can. If some things are so constant, you really can go home, even if you yourself have changed. Yesterday, Rick took the kids and...
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Friday's Five
I know, it's been awhile. Bad, bad Brenda. But now I'm back, and today's Friday Five are Five Things That Made Me Happy This Week:1) Okay, I know I'm SEVERAL years behind here, but I just started...
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